"Hymn to Heroes" is a Mandarin pop song written by Gong Mu, composed by Liu Chi, and sung by Zhang Yingzhe. It is included in the album "Symbols of Memory" released on May 1, 2005.

This song is an episode of the movie "Heroes" released in 1964. "Hymn to Heroes" was written by Liu Chi during a collecting trip to Inner Mongolia in 1940. He stayed at the home of a folk singer named Wang Yuefeng, drinking, singing and recording music every night. The tune of "Hymn to Heroes" is based on an Inner Mongolian folk song "Bater Taotaohu" that was picked up during the folk song collection and was developed and completed.

The basic music material of the main song comes from the folk song "Battle Taotaohu" from the Wushen Banner of Yimeng County in Inner Mongolia and the cello song "Scenery at Dusk". The lyrics of the song are concise, majestic, and full of passion. It is a banner that inspires people to carry forward the spirit of heroism.

Song creation:

All songs are an art form that combines lyrics and music scores, as well as a form of expression. The lyrics and music correspond one to one. There are generally three ways to create a song: first, there are words first and then the music is composed based on it. A song is specially composed for one word and only for one word; second, the music is first and then the words are filled in according to the sound; the third is through the existing words. The song or words are recomposed, which is an alternative cover. The singing methods include one person singing solo, multiple people singing together, multiple people singing in duet, duet, joint singing, lead singing, unison singing or chorus.

As the times progress, music has become an essential part of people’s lives. Songs can bring spiritual encouragement and excitement to people, and they can also sublimate the soul and lead people into another music world.